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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1965

Page

4

Hospital News Faces Influx Of Local Patients And Deceased

A list of patients and deceased individuals from Stromsburg Osceola Shelby York Gresham Benedict and nearby towns appears in hospital news. Names include Ida Swanson George Geier Dorothea Heitman Lloyd Carmichael Rhoda Crapenhoff Eugene Bernt Samuel Mann Eldon Stone Robert Burke and many others across the region.

George Geier Silver Creek Stanley Braithwait Osceola Dorothea Heitman Benedict Lloyd Carmichael Shelby Larry Larson Fred Bond Walter Rudeen Stromsburg Horace McKeag Rhoda Crapenhoff Surprise Eugene Bernt Shelby Samuel Mann York Eldon Stone Robert Burke Vinton Clark Walter Berck Marvin Grubaugh Rising City Irs Chauncey Gustafson Polk Fannie Prell Lee Anderson Maurice Houdershheldt Shelby Debra Merritt A. M. Pokorney Shelby Victor Cerny Wilmer Anderson Irene Wallin Larry Rhoades Cynthia Barr Raymond Branting

Indian Massacre at Alkali Station on the Oregon Trail

Nebraska Herald reports a 1865 massacre near Alkali Station four farmers killed by Sioux from Wayne County Iowa. Ten wagons attacked, six driven away, four riders slain. cattle hamstrung, six wagons burned. Cavalry pursuit by Seventh Iowa under General Heath lasted five days with over 100 Indians claimed killed.

Alkali Station Nebraska State Historical Society H. B. Garton Nebraska Herald Plattsmouth Oregon Trail Roscoe Albert Gaskill George W. Selby Elijah Garton Wayne County Omaha Ft. Kearny White Man's Fork Frenchman River Republican Kearny Iowa H. H. Heath

Essay Contest Sponsored by Polk County RPPD

A high school sophomore or junior from homes served by Polk County Rural Public Power District will win a week in Washington D C as first prize in an essay contest on What Rural Electrification Means to Me and My Community The winner departs June 5 by train with 30 Nebraska teens and tours Chicago en route to Washington The second prize is a 25 dollar U S savings bond Students may obtain entry blanks and rules from area high school superintendents or the Stromsburg RPPD office

Washington, D. C Polk County Stromsburg Willard L. Anderson RPPD U. S Washington Nebraska Chicago Museum of Science and Industry National Capital Anderson Nebraska Rea Polk Country Rural Public Power District

Schuster to speak at Swine Bays Area Swine Days

Lee R. Schuster of Schuster Farms Gower Missouri will deliver A Producer's View at three University of Nebraska Area Swine Days. The event runs January 26 in Kearney January 27 in David City and January 28 in South Sioux City. Schuster oversees the nations largest swine operation with a 1200 sow herd and 700 acres of crops plus a 500 Hereford cow herd and finishing facilities. He also runs swine consulting field tests for feed and health companies and operates a farm supply center.

United States University of Nebraska Schuster Kearney David City South Sioux City

County Heart Fund Chairman Named in 1965 Campaign

G. E. Ekstrand of Stromsburg appointed Polk County Heart Fund Chairman for the February statewide drive led by Michael B. Yanney of Omaha. The 1965 campaign aims for $850, with a week of residential canvassing culminating on Heart Sunday February 21. Since 1949 Heart Fund gifts have funded heart and blood vessel research and contributed to a 7% decline in cardiovascular deaths among men aged 45 65 since 1950.

G. E. Ekstrand Stromsburg Polk County Heart Fund Michael B. Yanney Omaha Nebraska Heart Association Ekstrand Heart Fund American Heart Association

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